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...expectations surrounding a Harvard degree weigh heavily,” Gilmore says. “They have a very strong sense...that they must do something prestigious and high-paying in order for their work to be worthy of their degree...
...CCSR did not weigh in on Harvard’s investments in other companies with ties to Khartoum. The University’s most recent filings with federal regulators indicated that Harvard owned more than $3 million of stock in China Petroleum and Chemical Corp., or “Sinopec,” which is constructing a pipeline connecting oil fields to the coastal town of Port Sudan. The filings also showed that Harvard owned more than $2 million in Tatneft, a Russian company that signed a 2001 deal to explore oil fields in central Sudan...
...Harvard Office of General Counsel (OGC)—reviewed and revised the restriction guidelines last July, the University’s travel restrictions were extended to cover all countries receiving any level of State Department warning, including the relatively mild request that travelers “carefully weigh the necessity of their travel” in light of the risks involved...
...pauses, gives a melancholy smile: "Well, in this case, the girl in the book was really mine." Eco's popular success as a writer derives from his ability to convey complex ideas simply and to let those ideas and his learned - sometimes arcane - references support his plots, rather than weigh them down. Foucault's Pendulum, published in 1988, tells the story of three men in modern Italy whose intellectual games about the Knights Templar catapult them into danger. Along with The Name of the Rose, it helped to spawn an industry of history-infused thrillers - most recently, Dan Brown...
...candy bar at an airport store to see if the cashiers hand out receipts. And even high-end restaurant work has its drawbacks. "After multiple meals at a hotel recently, I just couldn't take another bite," confides Pokodner. "If I did this all the time I'd weigh 400 pounds." Mystery shoppers quickly pick up tricks of the trade: how to spill drinks into potted plants or slip uneaten pork chops into a hidden plastic bag (a trick that can backfire if the waiter looks around for the bones...